Harvard should still be defunded, fast, and the ridiculousness that racism is driving it

Both conservatives and progressives couldn’t be more misguided in their reaction to Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard and how to move forward, offering more conservative and progressive urban legend or myth than reality, for different reasons of course.  Last week, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her position after mounting evidence that her supposed academic… Continue reading Harvard should still be defunded, fast, and the ridiculousness that racism is driving it

Ferrari and the politicization of everything, either cave to progressive demands or be cast out

Critics have generally praised the film, save until politics inevitably enters the picture, namely the depiction of the obsessive nature of genius and the role of women in 1957 Italy of all places, not exactly a hot bed of progressivism.  The name “Ferrari” is legendary around the world, conjuring images of exotic, high performance cars… Continue reading Ferrari and the politicization of everything, either cave to progressive demands or be cast out

Barbie and the intellectual bankruptcy of the establishment

It’s sad, but not altogether surprising that tired cliches and worn tropes, which make even less sense wrapped around a beautiful female lead and a buff male costar, can so thoroughly impress people whose primary job function is to be critical. Last year, Barbie premiered to record box office returns and significant critical acclaim.  Reviewers… Continue reading Barbie and the intellectual bankruptcy of the establishment

2024 might make 2020 seem like an ordinary year

2024 will be defined by a confluence of events most of which remain completely unpredictable, far more so than most years in modern memory.  Call it the quantum mechanics or Schrödinger’s cat of years, where we will not know what happens until the waveforms collapse into history. 2020 was considered an extraordinary dumpster fire of… Continue reading 2024 might make 2020 seem like an ordinary year

Trading Places is the problematic Christmas movie that’s perfect for our era

Dan Aykroyd in blackface? The N-word? Greedy capitalists? A rape by an ape? On the problematic side, Trading Places has it all, but if you look beneath the surface these aspects are all in the service of a downright progressive theme. Of course, the woke are incapable of doing so... To claim Trading Places, the 1983 Christmas comedy starring Eddie… Continue reading Trading Places is the problematic Christmas movie that’s perfect for our era

2023 will be remembered as the year Democrats tried to kill democracy

Courts believe they can bar a candidate not convicted of any crime, much less charged with the actual crime in question, from a ballot. Judges believe they can decide whether someone is guilty before stripping them of their property without any kind of jury of their peers. The Special Counsel believes he need not follow the regular… Continue reading 2023 will be remembered as the year Democrats tried to kill democracy

This Christmas, celebrate the magic of the moment

You might not ever be gathered with the same people in the same place, not next year, not ever.  So this Christmas, sever yourself from the past and the future, stop calculating everything, and simply enjoy it.  It may seem like a bad dream only two short years later, but the experts recommended we cancel,… Continue reading This Christmas, celebrate the magic of the moment

Shakespeare friends and foes, Falstaff, and the idea of art as a mirror to the soul

Shakespeare isn’t a puzzle box to be unlocked or a cipher to be decrypted.  He is instead a universe to be explored and in that regard, no one in history has even come close.  Ultimately, your opinion is likely based on your opinion on the purpose of art itself.  The 400th anniversary of the publication… Continue reading Shakespeare friends and foes, Falstaff, and the idea of art as a mirror to the soul

Honest questions: How many Palestinian dead is an acceptable figure and what exactly did President Biden mean by standing “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel?

While the President accuses Israel of what would have been considered a war crime in World War II, completely and totally botching the historical reality of US policy in the process, he and others who insist Israel is killing too many civilian refuse to provide any number of acceptable casualties of their own. Immediately after… Continue reading Honest questions: How many Palestinian dead is an acceptable figure and what exactly did President Biden mean by standing “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel?

The White House Christmas video says it all

The promise was that Joe Biden represented a return to normalcy and competence, but his administration lacks even the normalcy or competence to produce a Christmas video without politicizing the holiday season.  In a sane world, producing a holiday video at the White House should not be either difficult or controversial.  Conservatives might well demand… Continue reading The White House Christmas video says it all